Ambitious Bamsoet Hope, Want Formula E To Be Held Until 2030

Chairman of the Steering Committee (SC) Formula E Bambang Soesatyo (Bamsoet) (Photo: Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Steering Committee (SC) Formula E Bambang Soesatyo (Bamsoet) has ambitious hopes about the Formula E event in the future. He wants this electric car race to be held in Indonesia until 2030. This was conveyed by Bamsoet after meeting the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono at the DKI Jakarta City Hall in order to discuss Formula E this year. Bamsoet met Heru with Formula E Chief Championship Officer Alberto Longo and several committees. According to him, the extension of the Formula E contract until 2030 could be carried out. Given, starting this year until 2024, Formula E will be held under a business to business (B2B) scheme between PT Jakarta Propertindo and Formula E Operation. "Later, if the negotiations are also okay, we will contract until 2030. But we will discuss that later, now until 2024 there is a contract," said Bamsoet at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Tuesday, March 14. On that occasion, Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono invited Formula E to be held this year. Moreover, according to Heru, Formula E in 2023 is a general activity that is not organized by the government. "The name is public activity, go ahead," said Heru. The general activity referred to by Heru in the Formula E race on June 3 and 4, 2023, is no longer funded by the government, but uses a business to business (B2B) scheme between PT Jakpro as the organizer BUMD and Formula E Operation. In a sense, there will be no additional costs from the APBD after its planning from 2019 to 2022. At that time, the DKI Provincial Government disbursed IDR 560 billion for the commitment fee from the APBD. "Mr. Alberto, Mr. Bamsoet, Ananda Mikola, conveyed the agenda for Formula E activities. What was conveyed earlier was this ordinary activity like the general business to business and he understood that this was between Jakpro and Formula E," said Heru. This year, the electric car race will still be held at the Jakarta International E-Prix Circuit (JIEC) Ancol, North Jakarta. Unlike 2022, Formula E was held with a business to business (B2B) scheme between PT Jakpro as the BUMD organizer with Formula E Operation.